Biography

Born: Jersey City, NJ

Genre: Pop

Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s

Brute Force, born Stephen Friedland in Jersey City, NJ in 1940, was first drawn to the stage at the age of eight after watching his mother act in numerous plays at the Jersey City Jewish Community Center Theatre. Friedland continued to hone his performance skills throughout high school both on-stage and off, frequently improvising songs and sketches at parties or at home on the piano. In the early '60s he met Billy Gussak, a studio drummer who had played with Bill Haley & the Comets, and began collaborating...